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2024-2025 General Catalog

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2024-2025 General Catalog

Biological Sciences, BS, Microbiology / Molecular Biology Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 1510 - GENERAL BIOLOGY I ^†† ^G
BIOL 1520 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I ^††
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH
MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA ^G,1
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1010) Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

BIOL 1530 - GENERAL BIOLOGY II ^†† ^G
BIOL 1540 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB II ^††
CHEM 1210 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS * ^G
CLAB 1230 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
MATH 1620 - TRIGONOMETRY ^G,1
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1020) Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 17

Second Year

Fall Semester

CHEM 1220 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
CLAB 1240 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
BIOL 2050 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 2070 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
MATH 1630 - APPLIED CALCULUS ¹
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING ^G
CHEM 2650 - GENERAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
CLAB 2670 - GENERAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I
BIOL 2000 - CELL BIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 2410 - THE PROFESSION OF BIOLOGY, OR GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 14

Third Year

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 4
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 4
BIOL 4410 - BIOLOGY SEMINAR ^††

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 4
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^GCredits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 13

Total Semester Hours Required 120

Total Minimum Semester Hours Required by Major 41

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

*Grade of “C” or higher is required.

^†† A grade of “C” or higher is required in these major courses.

¹ MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of MATH 1610 , MATH 1620 , and MATH 1630 (9 credit hours).Students who take MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 should take one less hour of electives.

Concentration Elective

² Courses for the Microbiology/Molecular Biology Concentration (20 credit hours) selected from the following groups in consultation with advisor:

Group A- Fundamental courses (8 credit hours)

Students in the Microbiology/Molecular Biology Concentration must take the following courses

Courses Require PRIOR Approval

The following courses require PRIOR approval of the advisor and the department head:

Biological Sciences, BS, Microbiology / Molecular Biology Concentration

First Year

Fall Semester

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 17

Second Year

Fall Semester

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 14

Third Year

Fall Semester

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 13

Total Semester Hours Required 120

Total Minimum Semester Hours Required by Major 41

Concentration Elective

Group A- Fundamental courses (8 credit hours)

Group B - Concentration Electives (12 credit hours)

Courses Require PRIOR Approval